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Sailor Malan by Vladimir Urbanek
"Tiger's Strike" - Sailor Malan, 13 October 1940 by Vladimir Urbanek *
 

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Scoring goes - Destroyed / Probably Destroyed / Damaged

If one of those categories shows two numbers separated with a hyphen ( - ) the exact number is not known & the score is considered to be within that range.

According to Christopher Shores, the RAF decided that on 12 August 1940 an "Unconfirmed Destroyed" would be reclassified as a "Probably Destroyed." Here you will find early "unconfirmed" claims represented in the "probable" spot.

OTG = On The Ground, OTW = On The Water, KIA = Killed In Action,
MIA = Missing In Action, KiFA = Killed in a Flying Accident, D = died

It should be noted that although we take great care to make these scores as accurate as possible, the main reason for this site is to put faces to names, not to be a definitive list of scores.

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Marmaduke "Pattie" Pattle "Pat" "Pattie" "Tom"

* Marmaduke Thomas St. John Pattle
(KIA 20apr41,
    + 3 OTG)
50.66 / 7.5 / 5  approx.   *
Sailor Malan "Sailor" "Art"

Adolph Gysbert Malan
29.5 / 6 / 16
Johannes Jacobus "Chris" Le Roux "Chris" "Johnny"

* Johannes Jacobus Le Roux
(MIA 29aug44)

18 / 2 / 8
Petrus Hendrick "Dutch" Hugo "Dutch" "Piet"

Petrus Hendrik Hugo
17.92 / 5 / 7
"Ragbags" "Sandy" "Alex"

* Alexander Coultate Rabagliati
(MIA 6jul43,
  + more OTG or Water)
16.25 / 4 / 7
Albert Gerald Lewis "Lew"

Albert Gerald Lewis
19 - 17 / 1.5 / 2
John "Jack" Frost "Jack"

* John Everitt Frost
(MIA 16jun42,
+ 23 / 0 / 4.5+ OTG)
14.83 / 4 / 2.5
Paddy green "Paddy"

Charles Patrick Green
11 / 3.5 / 1
Neville Bowker "Bowkes"

Neville Bowker
(POW 27dec41, escaped,
        returned to unit)
10.33 / 3 / 2
Ken Driver "Ken"

Kenneth Weekes Driver
(POW 14jun41,
  + 3+ / 0 / 3 OTG)
10 / 0 / 1   *
     

TOP

"Bob"

* Robert Henry Talbot
(KIA 3jun41)

9.5 / 0 / 3
"Benny"

Malcolm Stephen Osler
(+ 1 / 2 / 0 OTG)

9.5 / 0 / 2
"Doug"

Douglas William Golding
9.12 / 2 / 2
"Andy"

Andrew Christian Bosman
(+ 2.5 OTG)

8.87 / 1 / 3
George Robert Arthur McGarel Johnston 11 / 2 / 1
* Carl Raymond Davis (American parents,
   KIA 6sep40)
9.5 / 4.5 / 4
* Eric Cowley Saville (KIA 19sep43)

8 / 4 or 5 / 8.5
Henry Lardner-Burke "Pat"

Henry Patrick Lardner-Burke
7.5 / 0 / 3
Robin Pare * Robin Pare (KIA 3jun42)

7 - 6 / 0 / 0.5   *
Brian Van Mentz * Brian Van Mentz (K 26apr41)

6.83 / 2.5 / 10
"Stapme" Stapleton "Stapme" "Hugh"

Basil Gerald Stapleton
(POW 23dec44)

6.66 / 8 / 2
"Tom"

* Thomas Young Wallace
(KIA 11nov44)

6.5 / 4 / 7.5
Caesar Barrand Hull * Caesar Barrand Hull (Rhodesian born,
   KIA 7sep40)
5.25 / 3.5 / 2   *  *
"Laurie" "Larry"

Lawrence Robertson Stuart Waugh
(POW 31dec43)

6 / 2 / 4
"Jim"

James Richard Abe Bailey
6 / 0 / 2
"Johan" "Johnny"

Johannes Morrel Faure
(+ 1 OTG)

5.5 / 1 / 1
* John Henry Gaynor (KIA 3mar44)

5.5 / 0 / 6
John Boyle "Piggy"

John Brian John Lister Boyle
(+ 1 OTG)

5.5    *
* Dennis Vernon Dold Lacey (KIA 7aug42)

5 / 2 / 5
Charles James Laubscher (DSO, DFC & Bar)

5 / 2 / 3
"Harry"

* Henry John Starret
(W 20apr41 DoW 22apr41)

5 / 2 / 0
"Dave"

Geoffrey David Leybourne Haysom
5 / 1 / 1.5
"Moon"

Robert Joseph Peter Collingwood
5 / 1 / 1
"Gugu"

John Loch Hewitson
(POW 26jun42)

5 / 0 / 1   *
Vernon Mears Lill Lindsay 5 / 0 / 1
"Johnny"

Johan Daniel Wilhelm Human
5 / 0 / 0.5
Serv Theron "Serv"

Servaas van Breda Theron
(+ 6 OTG)

5 / 0 / 0
"Attie" "Boet"

* Adrian Jacobus Botha
(KIA 14jun41)

5 / 0 / 0
"Pete"

* Peter Carel Rex Metelerkamp
(KIA 13dec42)

5 / 0 / 4

SAAF Spitfire by Darryl Legg
SAAF Spitfire by Darryl Legg

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Honorable Mentions

* Peter Grenfell Dexter (KiFA 14jul41,
  1 claim goes to his gunner)
5 - 4 / 2 / 0
Edward Taylor Wilson 4.83 / 0 / 0
Andrew Duncan "Dunk"

* Andrew Duncan
(+ "many" OTG,
 KIA 31may42  * )
4.5 / 1 / 0
Louis Botha "Cookie"

* Louis Cecil Botha
(KIA 17jun42)

4.5 / 0 / 1
Laurie Wilmot "Laurie"

Laurence Aubrey Wilmot
(+ 2 OTG)

4.5 / 0 / 0
Douglas Haig Loftus 4.33 / 0 / 3
"Ted"

Edward James Morris
4 / 1 / 5
Rodney Clayton Hojem 4 / 1 / 1
Spencer Rowland Whiting 4 / 1 / 1
Hugh Errol Noel Wildsmith 4 / 1 / 1
"Kees"

Cornelius Arthur Van Vliet
(+ 9 or 8 OTG)

4 / 0 / 1
Zulu Morris "Zulu" "Zuba"

Douglas Griffith Morris
(DSO, DFC)

4 / 0 / 1
"Mac" "Robby"

* McClellan Eric Sutton Robinson
(KIFA 14nov44)

4 / 0 / 0
"Hack-Em-Down"

* Hendrik Smith
3 / 3 / 1
Maurice Clinton Hinton Barber 3 / 1 / 4
Lemmie Mesurier "Lemmie"

* Gerald John Le Mesurier
(KIA 8jul43)

3 / 1 / 1   *
John Seccombe "Johnny"

John Thorne Seccombe
3 / 0 / 2
Cecil Golding Cecil Alexander Golding 2.5 / 0 / 1   *
"Coetz"

John Jacobus Coetzer
(+ 3 OTG)

2.5 / 0 / 0   *
"Polly"

Leonard le Clues Theron
(+ 2.25 OTG)

2 / 0 / 0   *
Ian

Eric Ian Humphries Sturgeon
DFC

1 / 0 / 1

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Related Sites

Safarik's S. African Aces
Magnus' South African Air Aces

 

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On these pages I use Hugh Halliday's extensive research which includes info from numerous sources; newspaper articles via the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC); the Google News Archives; the London Gazette Archives and other sources both published and private.

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